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These are the best games on Apple Arcade
It’s hard to know where to start on Apple Arcade because the service offers so many titles. But we scoured the catalog and found all the best Apple Arcade games so you can get right to the good stuff. Check out our latest video or keep reading below to see the best Apple Arcade games. And if you like what you see, you can pick up a subscription here. Best Apple Arcade games Unfortunately, many mobile games are hardly games at all.
Huge Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon update comes loaded with new enemies, weapons and levels
Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon – Golden Edition adds new enemies to the dungeon crawler, along with new levels, special items, power ups, lenten ads weapons and more. The update released by Cornfox & Brothers on Wednesday even includes the town of Nexus – previously the game took place entirely in the dungeon. Chronos Dungeon draws on other Oceanhorn games Chronos Dungeon is an action-packed dungeon crawler focusing on arcade-like combat, looting and exploration.
Hop to hidden treasure in Frogger and the Rumbling Ruins on Apple Arcade
Mix the classic Frogger arcade game with Raiders of the Lost Arc and you get Frogger and the Rumbling Ruins. Jump through puzzle-ridden ruins to unravel their mysteries. The puzzle game from Konami debuted Friday on the Apple Arcade subscription service. If Indiana Jones was an amphibian, you’d get Frogger and the Rumbling Ruins Frogger’s friend Newt sends him on a quest to find the treasure of an ancient frog tribe hidden in distant ruins.
Apple considered acquiring gaming giant Electronic Arts
Apple reportedly held talks about buying out Electronic Arts, the company behind the wildly popular Madden series, The Sims series and many more. But EA has also supposedly held acquisition talks with others, including Disney. Apple + Electronic Arts = ? Currently, Mac is not the way to go for serious gamers. There are simply too many top games that aren’t available for macOS. That includes Madden 22, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Apex Legends and many others from Electronic Arts.
Outrace Family Guy, American Dad! and King of the Hill characters in Warped Kart Racers
Peter Griffin jumps in a go-kart and races Hank Hill. Or Stan Smith takes on Dale Gribble. These matchups are all part of Warped Kart Racers. The wacky racing game launched Friday on Apple Arcade. It’s playable on iPhone, Mac and more. And up to eight players can race at once. Stewie and Brian put the pedal to the metal in Warped Kart Racers Kate racing games are lots of fun, and they’re even better when the drivers are famous cartoon characters.
Go on a side-scrolling adventure with online friends in Badlands Party on Apple Arcade
The latest addition to the award-winning Badlands series is the first with online multiplayer gaming. Badlands Party is physics-based side-scroller like its predecessors – it’s just more social. The game launched Friday exclusively on Apple Arcade. You and your friends can go to a Badlands Party In the Badlands series, players start out in a forest full of inhabitants, trees and flowers. But there’s something terribly wrong.
Take a slingshot space adventure in Moonshot on Apple Arcade
News Blast off! Moonshot – A Journey Home premiered Friday. Photo: Noodlecake Games Physics-based puzzlers are all the rage, and the latest Apple Arcade game takes the concept to the stars. In Moonshot – A Journey Home, players use a slingshot to reunite a wandering moon with its home planet. It debuted Friday on Apple’s gaming service, which now offers over 200 titles.
Collect and race gorgeous supercars in Gear.Club Stradale on Apple Arcade
News Put the pedal to the metal in Gear.Club Stradale, now on Apple Arcade. Photo: Eden Games/Apple Arcade Take a long holiday in a gorgeous villa with all the time in the world to drive beautiful supercars. We can’t do it in reality, but we can in Gear.Club Stradale. The multiplayer racing game for a variety of platforms zoomed onto Apple Arcade on Friday. In addition, the Sega classic Sonic Dash also made the jump to Apple’s gaming subscription service.
Unreal Engine 5 launches to make games more awesome
News This is what games can look like with Unreal Engine 5. Image: Epic Games Epic Games gave developers access to Unreal Engine 5, the next generation of its tool for creating 3D games. It offers “a collection of groundbreaking features for rendering real-time worlds in incredible high-fidelity detail.” The new version of this software-development environment released Tuesday replaces Unreal Engine 4, which has been around since 2014.
Take a thrilling journey through Alto's Adventure - Remastered on Apple Arcade
News Don’t try this on your snowboard. Photo: Snowman Alto’s Adventure – Remastered debuted on Apple Arcade on Friday. This is an update to a classic over-the-top snowboarding game. The revamped version created for Apple’s gaming service includes a new character and new goals but the same sports-fantasy fun.
Apple Arcade boasts growing collection of classic games
News Shadow Blade+ is the latest App Store Great added to Apple Arcade Photo: Crescent Moon Games/Cult of Mac Shadow Blade+ launched on Apple Arcade on Friday. The platformer is the latest classic game to make its way to the subscription service. Several others classics debuted in recent weeks, and more are expected soon. This is in addition to original games that also hit Apple Arcade in February.
Go on an ecological adventure in
News Gibbon: Beyond the Trees aims to be both fun and educational. Image: Broken Rules Find out what it’s like to swing through the trees as a gibbon in a game that debuted Friday on Apple Arcade. Gibbon: Beyond the Trees is the story of a family trying to survive amid an encroaching human threat. The ecological adventure is available to play on a variety of Apple devices. Gibbon: Beyond the Trees is for the apes The latest game developed by Broken Rules aims to be both fun and educational.
Create your best witchy life with Wylde Flowers on Apple Arcade
News Help a witch grow plants, trend animals, make friends and maybe even fall in love in Wylde Flowers. Screenshot: Studio Drydock Help a young witch grow the family farm in Wylde Flowers, a magical sim game that debuted Friday on Apple Arcade. You’ll also need to increase your spell skills if you want to help your local coven solve a mystery. The enchanting game is available now for a range of Apple computers.
New Pokémon card game hits iOS and macOS in beta next week
News But only for those who live in Canada. Image: The Pokémon Company Pokémon Trading Card Game Live, the newest game from The Pokémon Company, enters beta testing on iOS and macOS next week before it makes its official debut. But there is a rather large catch (excuse the pun). If you want to be one of the first to play Pokémon TCG Live, you must be Canadian.
How to play unlimited Wordle and other useful hacks
How-To Top stories Enable color blind mode, the dark theme, and play offline. Image: Killian Bell/Cult of Mac Can’t get enough of Wordle? There is a way to keep playing after you’ve completed the daily puzzle if you’re thirsting for more. And there are a bunch of other hidden Wordle hacks that every fan should know about. Want to turn Wordle into an app on iPhone and iPad? How about enabling its hard mode for a tougher challenge? We’ll show you how to do all this and more.
Nickelodeon characters go head-to-head in Apple Arcade’s new extreme tennis game
News Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis isn’t like any sport you’ve played before. Photo: Viacom/Apple Danny Phantom heads to the tennis court with SpongeBob. Or Garfield faces down Invader Zim. It’s not animation day at Wimbledon — it’s Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis. The stars of animated shows past and present compete in a very unusual version of the sport. The game debuted Friday on Apple Arcade.
Disney Melee Mania lets beloved characters take out their anger issues
News Mickey looks TERRIFYING Photo: Mighty Bear Games Disney and Pixar characters drop their sweet facades and go for one another’s throats in Disney Melee Mania, a multiplayer action game that debuted Friday on Apple Arcade. Ever wondered what would happen if Elsa and Moana took on Buzz Lightyear and Wreck-It Ralph? Now you can find out. Maybe Mickey will finally punch out Goofy in Disney Melee Mania Don’t expect any tea parties or dance offs in Disney Melee Mania.
Award-winning, Viking-themed platformer Oddmar+ makes the jump to Apple Arcade
News Oddmar+ is one of a pair of classic App Store games joining the extensive collection on Apple Arcade Photo: Senri & Mobge Oddmar won the Apple Design Award in 2018, and the Viking-themed platformer is now available on Apple Arcade. Friday’s other addition is Dandara: Trials of Fear, also a platformer. Both games have been in the App Store for years, but have now joined hundreds of other titles in Apple’s gaming subscription service.
Grab a lightsaber and play Lego Star Wars: Castaways on Apple Arcade
News You and your friends can each design a minifig and join the fun in Lego Star Wars: Castaways. Photo: Gameloft/Apple Arcade Have fun with your friends in Lego Star Wars: Castaways, the first social, action-adventure Lego Star Wars game. Players explore a mysterious new planet, fight in battle arenas, race through flight simulations or relax with a dance party. The game launched Friday on the Apple Arcade gaming service.
Disney characters go for each other throats in upcoming Apple Arcade game
News Mickey looks TERRIFYING Photo: Mighty Bear Games Beloved Disney and Pixar characters will put aside the caring and sharing and try to beat the stuffing out of each other in Disney Melee Mania, a game that’ll launch soon on Apple Arcade. Mickey in particular looks like he’s taken that “mania” part to the max and is ready to devour someone’s liver.
Apple Arcade’s collection of classic games grows by leaps and bounds
News Top stories Crossy Road+ and many other App Store Greats have recently become part of Apple Arcade. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The selection of App Store Greats available through the Apple Arcade subscription service continues to grow. Friday brings the addition of Galaga Wars+ and Kingdom Rush Frontiers TD+. They join dozen of other classic games that players used to have to pay to play individually but are now all available with a single Apple Arcade subscription.
Take your favorite robots into battle in Transformers: Tactical Arena on Apple Arcade
News Battle your friends in “Transformers: Tactical Arena.” Photo: Red Games/Apple Arcade No longer robots in disguise, Transformers: Tactical Arena lets players assemble a team of their favorite characters to battle in a real-time person-versus-person strategy game. They fight in an arena with players sitting next to you or from around the world. The game debuted Friday on the Apple Arcade gaming service.
Head for a galaxy far, far away in Lego Star Wars: Castaways on Apple Arcade
News You and your friends can design a minifig and join the fun in Lego Star Wars: Castaways. Photo: Gameloft/Apple Arcade Explore a mysterious new planet with friends in Lego Star Wars: Castaways. It will be the first social, action-adventure Lego Star Wars game, so it’ll offer chances to relive great moments from the movies or have dance parties. The upcoming Gameloft title will be available only on Apple Arcade.
NBA 2K22 hits the court at Apple Arcade
News Play some serious basketball with NBA 2K22. Photo: 2K/Apple Arcade Basketball season kicks off Tuesday and that brings the launch of NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition on Apple Arcade. It promises authentic action starring top players. And also a new mode that lets you run your own NBA franchise. The just-launched game is exclusive to Apple’s gaming service. There are versions for Mac, iPhone and other Apple platforms.
Lego Star Wars Battles explodes onto Apple Arcade
News “Lego Star Wars Battles” lets Chewbacca fight Boba Fett. Or have an Ewok take on a Tusken Raider. The newest addition to Apple Arcade really puts the “war” in Star Wars. Look for a mix of one-on-one real-time combat and tower defense with classic characters in Lego Star Wars Battles. The game debuted Friday, and is playable on a wide variety of Apple devices.
Grab those wooden stakes! Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls stalks onto Apple Arcade
News Fight monsters — and maybe Dracula — in Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls on Apple Arcade. Screenshot: Konami A classic vampire hunting video game series is back from the dead, and it’s only on Apple Arcade. Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls includes beloved characters but there’s new story full of side-scrolling action. It’s joined by the release of Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure on Apple’s gaming service.
Solve puzzles, collect cute animals in Zookkeeper World on Apple Arcade
News Solve match-3 puzzles to build a collection of adorable animals in Zookkeeper World. Photo: Kiteretsu/Apple Arcade Fans of match-3 puzzle games should be pleased that Zookkeeper World just launched on Apple Arcade because it isn’t burdened with the biggest drawback of the genre. But it does offer a variety of adorable animals to collect and puzzles to play through. You might remember this game as simply Zookkeeper.
Play pinball with Trolls or Kung Fu Panda in latest Apple Arcade game
News Zen Pinball Party offers new and classic tables to play. You have to provide your own honky tonk music and cigarette smoke, though. Photo: Zen Studios Zen Pinball Party lets you have a go on tables with a Kung Fu Panda theme. Or Trolls. Or How to Train Your Dragon. And these are just a few of the options in a game that debuted Friday in Apple Arcade. And that’s not the only new option. Show off your kitchen skills in MasterChef: Let’s Cook.
Grab your blaster: Lego Star Wars Battles shoots toward Apple Arcade
News Maybe Lego Star Wars Battles will have a way to kill Jar-Jar over and over and over. Get ready for Chewbacca to take on Boba Fett. Or maybe an Ewok fighting with a Tusken Raider. Have Yoda fight Darth Vader. All this will be possible in Lego Star Wars Battles, coming soon to Apple Arcade. It’ll offer tower defense strategic combat in real time.
Explore the charming mysteries of Baldo: The Guardian Owls
News Baldo: The Guardian Owls is an adventure game with a lot of influence from Studio Ghibli movies like Spirited Away. Photo: NAPS team Fans of Zelda can now try Baldo: The Guardian Owls, a puzzle adventure that debuted Friday on Apple Arcade. The look is inspired by the films of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibili. Plus Asphalt 8: Airborne+, a classic racing game, also zoomed onto Apple’s gaming service.
Puzzle to the rhythm of the new Tetris Beat
News Take “Tetris” and give it some rhythm and you get “Tetris Beat.” Photo: Apple Arcade This isn’t your parents’ Tetris. N3TNetwork updated the classic puzzle game to give it some rhythm — the result is Tetris Beat. It launched today on the gaming service Apple Arcade. Tetris Beat adds a new spin The updated classic is still Tetris at its heart, with players rotating and dropping Tetriminos hoping to clear the board.
Crossword fans should give Apple Arcade’s Wurdweb a try
News Wurdweb takes one aspect of a crossword puzzle and goes to town with it. Photo: Aran & Adriaan Wurdweb is a new twist on crossword puzzles. The game supplies words and it’s up to players to fit as many as possible on a board. It’s one of those “easy to learn, hard to master” casual puzzle games. It debuted Friday on the Apple Arcade subscription service. Make a web of words with Wurdweb Wurdweb takes one aspect of crossword puzzling and expands it into a whole game.
Sakaguchi’s ‘Fantasian’ gets bigger and better in upcoming major update
News Fantasian is a really gorgeous game. Enormous effort went into the look. Photo: Mistwalker/Apple Arcade Fantasian, which mixes handmade sets with computer-generated characters, will soon be updated with new content that’ll double the amount of gametime available. Fantasian is the creation of Hironobu Sakaguchi, who also made the classic Final Fantasy series. It debuted on the Apple Arcade gaming service in April and Part 2 is scheduled for release August 13.
Jump onto Super Leap Day platformer on Apple Arcade
News Float up, leap high and raise the roof in Super Leap Day. Photo: Nitrome There’s no reason leap day should only happen once every four years. With Nitrome’s Super Leap Day, it can be every day! This fast-paced one-button platformer offers a new level to play every single day. And it’s not the only game to debut on Apple Arcade this Friday. A pair of classic titles are also available for subscribers at no additional cost.
Prepare for an epic adventure in Baldo, coming soon to Apple Arcade
News Baldo: The Guardian Owls is an adventure game with a lot of influence from Studio Ghibli movies like Spirited Away. Photo: NAPS team Baldo: The Guardian Owls is a Zelda-like puzzle adventure that’ll soon be on Apple Arcade. Players explore an open world meeting quirky characters but also fighting ferocious foes. And this is just one of nine games launching on Apple’s gaming service in the near future, like Super Leap Day.
Toss your sanity out the window and play Detonation Racing
News Trust Dr. Boom when he says, “Driving a racing car round an exploding race track is a pretty hazardous thing to do.” Photo: Electric Square Detonation Racing bills itself as “the most dangerous, least sensible racing series ever devised.” Gameplay involves skillfully maneuvering around a track, but also maybe throwing a nuclear submarine at your opponents. It zoomed onto Apple Arcade on Friday.
Tetris Beat puts musical twist on a classic game
News Tetris Beat isn’t your parents’ version of the game. Photo: Apple Arcade Take Tetris and give it some rhythm and you get Tetris Beat, a fresh version of the puzzle classic. It includes music from Alison Wonderland and many other artists. The game is coming soon to Apple Arcade. Tetris Beat adds a new spin The updated classic is still Tetris at its heart, with players rotating and dropping Tetriminos hoping to clear the board.
Improved Alto’s Odyssey, Angry Birds arrive in Apple Arcade
News “Angry Birds Reloaded” is one of the classic games now available on Apple Arcade without the hassle of in-app purchases. Photo: Rovio A trio of classic games have been updated just for Apple Arcade. That includes Angry Birds Reloaded, Alto’s Odyssey: The Lost City and Doodle God Universe. All three debuted Friday on Apple’s subscription gaming service. Not new but improved To be clear, these three games are not new. They are updated versions of classic ones.
Apple Arcade’s Solitaire Stories gives the classic card game a weird sense of humor
News Solitaire Stories is Klondike but with a plot. Photo: Red Games Solitaire Stories is a new twist on the popular card game. Rather than just stacks of cards, there’s a storyline. And games get progressively harder to increase the challenge. This is the latest addition to the Apple Arcade subscription gaming service for iPhone, Mac and more. Solitaire Stories ain’t your grandpa’s card game Traditional Solitaire lacks drama. Not this new app. It even has a plot.
Frenzic: Overtime brings fast-paced puzzle action to Apple Arcade
News Hurry, hurry, hurry. Those Frenzic Industries Power Cores won’t build themselves, you know. Photo: The Iconfactory Frenzic: Overtime, an arcade-style puzzle game, is the latest addition to Apple Arcade. Match the colorful pieces and shapes before the clock runs out. And that’s not all. Game Dev Story+, an updated version of the App Store classic, debuted on Apple’s gaming service on Friday as well.
‘Angry Birds,’ ‘Alto’s Odyssey’ jump to Apple Arcade
News Angry Birds Reloaded is one of the classic games that’ll soon be available on Apple Arcade without the hassle of in-app purchases. Photo: Rovio Three classic games are are getting updated and becoming part of the Apple Arcade subscription service. That includes Angry Birds Reloaded, Alto’s Odyssey: The Lost City and Doodle God Universe. All are set to debut soon. Not new but improved To be clear, these three games are not new. They are updated versions of classic ones.
‘Legends of Kingdom Rush’ is Apple Arcade's first new game in months
News Go on an epic adventure in Legends of Kingdom Rush on Apple Arcade. Photo: Ironhide Legends of Kingdom Rush just became the first new game to debut on Apple Arcade since early April. The medieval fantasy RPG is available for iPhone and Mac. And more games are scheduled to appear on Apple’s subscription gaming service. Been a long time On April 2, almost a dozen original games debuted on Apple Arcade, like NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition and Star Trek: Legends.
Legends of Kingdom Rush slashes onto Apple Arcade June 11
News Go open an epic adventure in Legends of Kingdom Rush on Apple Arcade. Photo: Ironhide The popular Kingdom Rush game is getting rebooted as a medieval fantasy RPG with a storyline. Legends of Kingdom Rush is coming June 11 exclusively to Apple Arcade for iPhone, Mac and more. Choose your heroes to fight creeps and save the world. Legends of Kingdom Rush is an RPG Ironhide’s original Kingdom Rush is a tower defense game.
Intel urges gamers to dump Mac for Windows
News Intel seriously disses Mac gaming. Photo: Intel Intel struck a blow against Apple by pointing out how weak Mac gaming is. The chip-maker held a presentation at Computex 2021, during which it said Windows laptops offer a “better gaming experience than 100% of Mac laptops.” This will likely damage any remaining relationship the Intel has with Apple. But this was already in tatters as macOS transitions to Apple’s M-series processors and away from Intel ones.
Apple Arcade makes a serious play for your gaming dollar
News Apple Arcade includes 180 titles at a cost less than what the average American spends on iPhone games. Graphic: Cult of Mac Hey, gamer, save yourself some money: Subscribe to Apple Arcade. A recent study showed that the average American spends way more on games every year than the annual cost of Apple’s $4.99-a-month gaming service. Plus, the deal just got a lot better. Almost a dozen original games debuted on Apple Arcade last Friday, and the service added a bunch of classic ones as well.
New Star Trek and NBA games lead major Apple Arcade expansion
News Top stories The 11 original games that just debuted on Apple Arcade cover a wide range of genres. Graphic : Cult of Mac Apple made a huge push for its gaming service on Friday, launching 11 original games. These cover a range of genres, from NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition to Star Trek: Legends. And Fantasian from the creator of the Final Fantasy series also launched in Apple Arcade. Plus many, many more.
Fantasian from the creator of Final Fantasy launches on Apple Arcade
News Fantasian looks amazing, but is only on Apple Arcade. Screencap: Mistwalker/Apple Apple Arcade subscribers are in for a treat. Hironobu Sakaguchi, who also made the classic Final Fantasy series, also created Fantasian for Apple’s gaming service. It mixes computer-generated characters with handmade sets for a truly unique look. Fantasian takes place in a handcrafted world Sakaguchi wrote the story for Fantasian, and it was developed into a game by Mistwalker.
Travel the roads to solve the mystery of a perplexing Hitchhiker on Apple Arcade
News Versus Evil’s Hitchhiker is a mystery story and game in one. Photo: Versus Evil Hitchhiker asks players to travel the highways exploring the unknown while also confronting new dangers. It’s sort of a mystery novel in the form of a game. But unlike a book, choices you make when speaking to people you meet affect how it all comes out. The game launched Friday on Apple Arcade.
How to get Apple Arcade games as soon as they launch
How-To News Here’s how to make upcoming Apple Arcade games automatically install themselves. Photo: Cult of Mac The App Store lists Apple Arcade games that’ll debut soon. If one of these upcoming titles looks interesting, subscribers to Apple’s game service can set it to automatically install as soon as the app becomes available. No waiting… it’ll be on your iPhone or other Apple device as soon as possible. Here’s how. It’s a useful feature when you know there’s something amazing coming.
‘Hauntingly charming’
News Make some new ghostly friends in Cozy Grove on App,e Arcade. Photo: Spry Fox There are many games about ghostbusting. Cozy Grove is the exact opposite. The latest Apple Arcade title takes players camping on a haunted island where the goal is the help the spirits, not fight them. The developer, Spry Fox, calls it, “a life-sim game about camping on a haunted, ever-changing island.” Don’t be afraid the ghosts.
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